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$15.00
xxhrh216063

Te Marua Golf Club Inc. 1931-1981


ELLERY, R W

Quarto softcover, stapled (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Thompson Print (Printer) 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history Te Marua golf club golden jubilee

$15.00
xxhrh216065

Mount Maunganui Golf Club: Golden Jubilee 1935-1985


N/A

Oblong quarto softcover, stapled (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history Mt Mount Maunganui golf club golden jubilee

$15.00
xxhrh216067

Taupo Golf Club 1928-1985


BRANSON, JOY

Super octavo softcover, stapled (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history Taupo golf club

$15.00
xxhrh216068

Masterton Golf Club: Seventy Five Years of Golf 1899-1975


CAMERON, W N

Octavo softcover, stapled (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Printcraft Ltd (Printer) 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sporty history Masterton golf club

$37.50
xxhri216076

Mersey Rovers: The Coastal Tramp Ship Owners of Liverpool and the Mersey


FENTON, R S

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: World Ship Society 1997

KEYWORDS: maritime history Liverpool Mersey coastal tramp ships boats

$25.00
xxhri216077

Notable Boats


COMPTON, NIC & SCOTT, PETER (Illus)

Square super octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ivy Press 2016

KEYWORDS: maritime ships boats design history

$15.00
xxhri216080

The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance


BOUND, MENSUN

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2022

KEYWORDS: exploration history maritime shipwrecks Ernest Shackleton Endurance south pole Antarctica

$20.00
xxhuf216089

Hold Very Tight Please! The Cable Cars of New Zealand


McARA, DON

Oblong super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (G+) jacket faded & peeling/chipped; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Grantham House 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trams tramways cable cars

$35.00
xxhuf216090

Olympic Titanic Britannic: An Illustrated History of the 'Olympic' Class Ships


CHIRNSIDE, MARK

Oblong super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The History Press 2014

KEYWORDS: maritime history shipping lines liners Olympic Titanic Britannic luxury travel

$22.50
xxhuf216093

Cargo Liners and Tramps


INMAN, MARK LEE

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Amberley Publishing 2018

KEYWORDS: maritime travel history

$15.00
xxhuf216097

Otago Central Rail Trail: From Steam Trains to Pedal Power


GRAHAM, OWEN

Octavo spiral bound softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Otago Central Rail Trail Trust 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel tourism history Otago central rail trail

$17.50
xxhvb216104

Stubborn Buggers: Survivors of the Infamous POW Gaol That Made Changi Look Like Heaven


BOWDEN, TIM

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2014

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war Outram Road Gaol Asia Japan Japanese

$30.00
xxhvb216107

The Schneider Trophy Races


BARKER, RALPH

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1971

KEYWORDS: first editions aviation history Ralph Barker Schneider trophy races

$22.50
xxhwd216113

A History of Russian Ballet, From Its Origins to the Present Day


LIFAR, SERGE & HASKELL, ARNOLD (Trans)

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1954

KEYWORDS: dance stage Russian ballet history performing arts

$20.00
xxhwd216114

Beating the Odds


GARVEY, NICHOLA

Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2011

KEYWORDS: Australian gambling history bookeepers betting book-making bookmakers

$40.00
ak5/17/32

Trespass: A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art


McCORMICK, CARLO et al & SENO, ETHEL (Ed)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, black on yellow lettering to spine & boards, illus eps & prelims, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to spine & board extrems, sl bruising to board edges, minor pencil markings to prelims- attempts to erase) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing to rear)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2015

KEYWORDS: urban art graffiti history Banksy

$72.50
ak5/17/33

Royal New Zealand Air Force : Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45


ROSS, Squadron Leader J M S

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind embossed govt coat of arms to front board, frontispiece, xv + 343pp, folding maps- all present, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, G+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, heavy loss to edges with moderate creasing & chipping also, light to moderate fading to spine, moderate yellowing & light foxing to flaps, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs 1955

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military official histories history series aviation rnzaf royal air force ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$40.00
ak5/17/35

Von Tempsky - Adventurer


PARHAM, W T

SIGNED, scruffy ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/map to eps, frontispiece, 221pp, illus, G+ (usual librray markings/pockets, v heavy scruffing & rubbing to spine & board edges- surface loss, heavy tape staining/residue to board edges, other more minor markings to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling & tape staining to eps, light to moderate foxing throughout, binding sloppy) in d/w, G (considerable closed tearing to front hinge/fold, moderate fading & chafing/surface loss to spine, heavy folding/creasing to flaps, heavy water stain to rear flap & cover, moderate soiling, failed attempts at tape repairs to internal sides, long ink inscription in ink to rear)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1969

KEYWORDS: signed biography biographies memoir Major Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky 19th nineteenth century explorers exploration south America history

$65.00
ak5/17/42

Telephony: A Detailed Exposition of the Telephone Exchange Systems of the British Post Office (2 Vol Set)


ATKINSON, J

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, vol 1- xii + 514pp, vol 2- xii + 873pp, illus, VG- (v heavy bruising to base of spine & whole page block of vol 1 - light bruising to extrems otherwise, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, ffeps of both vols potentially missing, tape residue & scuffing to front & rear eps) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, price clipped, moderate creasing/wrinkling, correction fluid & ink to front of vol 1, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1958

KEYWORDS: communication history telephones telephone systems post office British Great Britain

$40.00
ak5/18/3

A Handlist of the Birds of Southern Mocambique


CLANCEY, P A

Super octavo, black & white marbled boards, gilt lettering to brown spine, pgs 145-302, illus, VG+ (sl tanning & rubbing to boards/edges, sl soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: birds exotic southern Mocambique ornithology natural history

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